Researchers asked the strangers to guess the age of 49 patients before and after they underwent their plastic surgery procedures. The strangers were also asked to rate the patient’s attractiveness on a scale of one to 10.

Dr. Joshua Zimm, an attending surgeon and lead author of the study, explained that he often tells his patients they will “look fresher, more energetic and less tired,” And the new study does agree.

However, Zimm added that he “cannot say that they will look more attractive.” Patients involved in the study had a facelift, neck lift, upper or lower eyelid lift, and/or brow lift. Their ages ranged from 42 to 73 years olf and the photos were taken before surgery and after a six-month follow-up period.

Most patients in the study were given an attractiveness score between four and six. That score didn’t change after the procedures were one. Zimm added that he doesn’t want people to think, “Oh, if I get a face-life, I’ll only look three years younger.” That isn’t necessarily true.

However, what appears to be true is that plastic surgery, while making you look younger, won’t necessarily make you look more attractive to others.